Olympus E-30 vs Olympus E-M1 II

Its time to look more closely at the Olympus E-30 vs Olympus E-M1 II, former being a Advanced DSLR while the other is a Pro Mirrorless and they are both manufactured by Olympus. There exists a considerable gap among the image resolutions of the E-30 (12MP) and E-M1 II (20MP) but they use the same exact sensor dimensions (Four Thirds).

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The E-30 was launched 8 years earlier than the E-M1 II and that is a fairly large difference as far as camera technology is concerned. Each of these cameras offer different body type with the Olympus E-30 being a Mid-size SLR camera and the Olympus E-M1 II being a SLR-style mirrorless camera.

Before diving straight into a in depth comparison, below is a concise overview of how the E-30 scores vs the E-M1 II in terms of portability, imaging, features and an overall grade.

The following is a sample of the gallery pictures for Olympus E-30 & Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II. The complete galleries are viewable at Olympus E-30 Gallery & Olympus E-M1 II Gallery.

For anyone who is going to lug around your camera often, you'll need to factor in its weight and size. The Olympus E-30 offers outside measurements of 142mm x 108mm x 75mm (5.6" x 4.3" x 3.0") having a weight of 695 grams (1.53 lbs) while the Olympus E-M1 II has specifications of 134mm x 91mm x 67mm (5.3" x 3.6" x 2.6") with a weight of 574 grams (1.27 lbs).

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Remember that, the weight of an ILC will change depending on the lens you have during that time. The following is the front view over all size comparison of the E-30 compared to the E-M1 II.

Taking into account dimensions and weight, the portability grade of the E-30 and E-M1 II is 60 and 68 respectively.

Sometimes, it's tough to imagine the contrast in sensor measurements purely by viewing technical specs. The visual here may provide you a far better sense of the sensor sizing in the E-30 and E-M1 II.

As you can tell, both of those cameras offer the same exact sensor sizing but different resolution. You can anticipate the Olympus E-M1 II to result in extra detail utilizing its extra 8 Megapixels. Greater resolution will also allow you to crop images a little more aggressively. The older E-30 will be behind when it comes to sensor innovation.